AC Man Found With Heroin Following Police Pursuit

The Atlantic City Police Department arrested a man who fled in his vehicle after not being alert while stopped at a traffic light. Thursday, officers were alerted by a concerned citizen to a driver appearing to be asleep in the lane of travel at Arkansas and Atlantic Avenues. As the officers arrived, the driver, 49 … Read more

Philly Man Sentenced In AC Homicide

35 year old Andrew Osborne of Philadelphia was sentenced to 25 years for Aggravated Manslaughter in the stabbing death of 47 year old Brian Wilkinson of Egg Harbor Township inside a hotel room at the Ocean Casino in Atlantic City on September 23, 2022. In May, Osborne admitted stabbing Wilkinson to death inside Wilkinson’s hotel … Read more

Absecon Lighthouse

The National Park Service has awarded a $750,000 America’s Treasures Grant to the Absecon Lighthouse for restoration work.“This is a huge step forward toward restoring the Absecon Lighthouse,” said Jean Muchanic, executive director of the Inlet Public/Private Association, which manages the lighthouse as an educational venue and tourist attraction. The New Jersey Department of Environmental … Read more

Bridgeton Man In Jail

A Bridgeton man 31 year old Cas Albert Miller who allegedly shot two other men at a city apartment complex was ordered held in jail until his trial. Miller is charged with criminal attempt homicide, aggravated assault with a weapon and other weapons offenses.Police responded to the Amity Heights apartment complex on Pamphylia Avenue at … Read more

Casino Earnings

The city’s casinos and two internet-only gambling entities saw their collective earnings decline by 1.3% in the second quarter of 2024 compared with the same period a year earlier, state gambling regulators said Thursday.Figures released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show the nine casinos and two online operations collectively posted a gross … Read more

AC Casino, Internet Gambling Down In Second Quarter

Atlantic City’s casinos and two internet-only gambling entities saw their collective earnings decline by 1.3% in the second quarter of 2024 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to state gambling regulators. Figures released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show the nine casinos and two online operations collectively posted a … Read more

Egg Harbor Man Murder

An Egg Harbor City man accused of allegedly shooting and killing another man in the Hamilton Mall parking lot nearly eight years ago was ordered held in jail until his trial begins.Steven Martinez, 30, is charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and weapons offenses in the shooting death of Demond Cottman, 21, of Atlantic … Read more

Vineland Man Child Sexual Assault

A 56-year-old Vineland man was found guilty Monday of sexually assaulting two children under the age of 13, the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office said. According to the Press of Atlantic City Christopher A. Bonner was convicted of aggravated sexual assault and two counts of sexual assault. He was acquitted of four additional sexual-assault related counts … Read more